A Safe Place
Illustrator
Judith Friedman
Publisher
A. Whitman
Publication Year
1997
ISBN
9780807572122
Pages
24 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
To escape her father's abuse, Emily and her mother come to a shelter where they find a safe place to stay with other women and children in similar circumstances. At night, a little girl and her mother seek safety from an abusive daddy by going to a safe place, the white house on the hill.
Grade Level
K-3, 3-5
Lexile Measure
540L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Family violence; physical abuse; abusive father; abusive husband; abused child; domestic violence
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
mother
Keywords
women and children's shelter; safety; abuse shelter; escape; new home; playing; gardening; new school
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Trottier, Maxine, "A Safe Place" (1997). Diverse Families. 450.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/450